Police are investigating another member of staff at the private academy that employed Jack Peel, the former Aston Villa women’s coach who resigned after being accused of asking teenage players for naked photographs. Sportsmail has learned that Staffordshire Police have interviewed another coach who worked at the Elite Football Academy after receiving allegations of sexual offences.
The police investigation began in October 2021, shortly after Peel resigned before a formal disciplinary hearing at Villa into allegations that he sent inappropriate messages to several Academy players at the Women’s Super League club.
The investigation is understood to have focused on the Elite Football Academy in Tamworth, although the coach questioned was also involved in the professional game and has previously worked at two WSL clubs.